Onboard Dynamic Rail Track Safety Monitoring System

TL;DR

This paper proposes a continuous rail track safety monitoring system for Indian Railways that detects dislocations and soil changes to prevent accidents and improve safety.

Contribution

It introduces a novel real-time monitoring method capable of alerting trains about track dislocations and soil strength changes.

Findings

Effective detection of track dislocations

Prevents train collisions and accidents

Enhances safety at unmanned crossings

Abstract

This proposal aims at solving one of the long prevailing problems in the Indian Railways. This simple method of continuous monitoring and assessment of the condition of the rail tracks can prevent major disasters and save precious human lives. Our method is capable of alerting the train in case of any dislocations in the track or change in strength of the soil. Also it can avert the collisions of the train with other or with the vehicles trying to move across the unmanned level crossings.